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“We know what we are, but know not what we may be”: Every human being has right to choose his or her gender identity: Rajasthan High Court ordered authorities to consider changing the records of a man who secured a job under the General Female Category
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Gender identity is the most fundamental aspect of life which refers to a person’s intrinsic value of being a male or female
“Words have no wings but they can fly a thousand miles“: Justice Ajay Rastogi - "If You decide against the Govt, You will be labeled as an independent judge, if you make a comment against the Govt, everyone including media is happy; this should change"
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Justice Rastogi opined that being an independent judge did not simply mean one must be anti-establishment
"It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law": SC orders new rules for appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners similar to appointment of CBI Director by a committee that includes the PM, Leader of Opposition and CJI
| Satyaagrah | Law
Election Commissioners will be appointed by the President on the advice of a committee consisting of the Prime Minister, leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and the CJI till a specific law is framed, the Court held
"Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case": CJI Chandrachud removed justice MR Shah from the bench hearing forced conversion for not succumbing to lobby's pressure, was scheduled for Feb, now listed on Jan 16
| Satyaagrah | Law
The PIL was earlier being heard by a bench led by Justice MR Shah, which had refused to get into the maintainability of the pleas or expunge statements in the petition against minorities
"No neutrality, there is only greater or lesser awareness of one's bias": Joshimath Sinking - Supreme Court refuses urgent hearing, "there are democratically elected institutions to look into issue & everything of urgency does not have to come to court"
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CJI DY Chandrachud stated, "Everything which is important in the country need not come to us. There are democratically elected institutions to see this. They can deal with what falls under their control. We'll keep it on the 16th"
“Man cannot be freed by the same injustice that enslaved it”: Supreme Court stays Uttarakhand High Court order on Haldwani eviction, and disapproved the manner in which eviction was sought to be carried out by the Indian Railways, urges rehabilitation
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A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and AS Oka disapproved the manner in which eviction was sought to be carried out by the Indian Railways
Supreme Court of India Justice Nagarathna ~ Hate Speech denies human beings the Right to Dignity, and a greater responsibility is cast upon public functionaries and celebrities against vitriolic statements owing to their position
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The Supreme Court Constitution Bench has held by way of a majority that statements made by a Minister, even if traceable to any affairs of state, cannot be attributed vicariously to the government
"It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid": A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petitions challenging the Central government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of ₹1,000 and ₹500
| Satyaagrah | Law
The Court held that there was a reasonable nexus to bring such a measure, and that demonetisation was not hit by the doctrine of proportionality
“A bench of Justices chosen through collegium got to choose to decide who has the better lawyer”: Karnataka government supports High Court verdict upholding marital rape charges against husband which is another stark violation of human rights
| Satyaagrah | Law
Case was not one challenging constitutional validity of exception under Sec 375. But what was not an offence at time of its commission cannot be termed as an offence by way of an interpretive process
"Freedom is whatever the Court says it is, pending revision": Kiren Rijiju in Rajya Sabha, "Until we create a new system for Appointment of Judges, issue of Judicial Vacancies will continue to arise which is a big reason for the huge pendency of cases"
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The Minister was speaking in the Rajya Sabha in answer to the question put up by Congress leader Rajeev Shukla














